Improvement in package-bands



0. I. TAYLOR &- T. H. PATTERSON;

PACKAGE BANDS. No. 184,118..

- j Patented. Now 711816.

ATTUBNEY NI'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

OWEN I. TAYLOR AND THOMAS PATTERSON, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKAGE-BANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,118, dated November7, 1876; application filed May 1, 1676.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OWEN I. TAYLOR and Tiles.H. PATTERSON, of Saginaw city, in the county of Saginaw and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and Improved Package- Band, of which thefollowing is a specification V Our invention consists of a light, thinpiece of sheet metal, with two loops, in which two elastic strips orhands are attached at ninety degrees to each other, and with two booksfor the other ends of said bands, to be connected to it after passingaround the packageone crosswise and the other lengthwisethe ends of thebands to be connected by said hooks being provided with a loop of metaladapted for readily hooking on. The band is intended for tying up smallpackages of letters and other papers, and other small articles, being asubstitute for strings, which, being wasted, are more expensive, andthey cut and injure the packages, which these bands avoid.

Figure l is a plan view of a package of letters fastened with ourimproved band. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 x,- and Fig.3 is' a planof a band, the connecting-plate of which differs a little in form fromthe other.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a connecting-plate of thin sheet metal, having two'loops, B, in theedges at right angles to each other, in which the elastic straps O arefastened at one end. D represents hooks in the opposite edge of thepiece A, and E represents loops of metal attached to the free ends ofthe bands for hooking onto the connecting-plate, as clearly shown.Instead of making the hooks on the connecting-plate,

they maybe made on the loops E and holes F.

Witnesses JOHN F. HIcKs, J. O. GIDDINGS.

